The notion that the Bay Area contains all the wisdom about high-growth, VC-backed success, if true, seems to me like a great opportunity for those who have been

The notion that the Bay Area contains all the wisdom about high-growth, VC-backed success, if true, seems to me like a great opportunity for those who have been successful at it in the Bay Area to consult for those who want to replicate it for the rest of the country. It may well be more lucrative for those people to stay put and startup again, but there’s certainly a tier of people who are craving adventure and would much more enjoy sharing their blueprint for success with Austin, Boulder, Atlanta, SLC, Portland, on and on. If I were a big VC firm (and sure, this might be a good reason why I’m not), I’d be forward-deploying my analysts and recruiting a class of EIRs from the flyover states. It’s a new flavor of alpha for VC: sourcing dealflow from the entire US.